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Der 18. März 1990

On March 18, 1990 the first and also the last and final free general legislative elections of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) took place just before re-unification of both parts of Gemany in 1990. Both parts of Germany were separated by a deathly boarder zone for about 40 years.

A documentary essay and filmic meditation on Germany's past and the then current happenings of this particular election day. Also a jaunt from Westberlin of two film makers to new and suddenly vast and open territoriy in a strange society during a short period of rapid change.